Bottesford Living History

People, community and memory

Bottesford Celebrates VE & VJ Day
The Grantham Journal (Saturday, 11th May 1945) The church bells rang in Bottesford on Surrender Day (VE Day), immediately after Winston Churchill’s proclamation. Bottesford bell ringers rang an opening peal of 360 changes of Grandsire Double and further ringing included “firing a victory salute”. Every seat was occupied in church for a thanksgiving service on the Tuesday evening ...
Village Voice digital archive
Copies of all the past issues of the newsletter are held here, for you to read.
Not Forgetting - Aspects of Village Life in Bottesford, Easthorpe, Muston and Normanton
This book is now available online via this web-page
Bottesford Local History Society
We look forward to seeing you at our meetings, monthly, every second Thursday, Sept to May, 7.30, Fuller Room, Old School, Grantham Road, Bottesford NG13 0DF £2.50 on the night, annual subscription £10.00
Muston School in 1940
Remembered by Gerald Coy
Our WW1 servicemen
A Roll of Honour of the men from Bottesford and Muston who served with the armed forces during the First World War, those who died doing their duty and those who survived the fighting.
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road men at their ease outside the Red Lion, Grantham Road
Angels and Dragons: faces at St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford
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This website is a living history of the parish of Bottesford and Muston in Leicestershire. The editors are all members of the Bottesford History Group.

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